Daikin Mini-Split price quote

[trispad]

Hi all,

I know some of you are in the HVAC business and was hoping you all could give me your opinion on a quote for getting Daikin mini-splits installed in my house. Here is what I am looking at:

Unit 1: 4 zone (3 bedrooms, 1 office)

• 4MXS36NMVJU (outdoor unit)
• FTXS09LVJU x 2
• FTXS12LVJU
  
• CTXS07LVJU

Unit 2: 1 zone (Large great room with high ceilings)

• RXS30LVJU (outdoor unit)
• FTXS30LVJU

They want $17.5K for everything installed. Does this seem excessively high? Pricing on-line, it looks like I could buy the units for around $7,200. Is $10K in labor sound right? I am going to get more quotes, but just want to calibrate my expectations.

Thanks for any input,

trispad

 

[semipro]

Hi all,

I know some of you are in the HVAC business and was hoping you all could give me your opinion on a quote for getting Daikin mini-splits installed in my house. Here is what I am looking at:

Unit 1: 4 zone (3 bedrooms, 1 office)

• 4MXS36NMVJU (outdoor unit)
• FTXS09LVJU x 2
• FTXS12LVJU
  
• CTXS07LVJU

Unit 2: 1 zone (Large great room with high ceilings)

• RXS30LVJU (outdoor unit)
• FTXS30LVJU

They want $17.5K for everything installed. Does this seem excessively high? Pricing on-line, it looks like I could buy the units for around $7,200. Is $10K in labor sound right? I am going to get more quotes, but just want to calibrate my expectations.

Thanks for any input,

trispad

Bump (from another in Blacksburg) Good luck.

 

[fbelec]

i wire these units a lot. that is not to bad a price at least up here in boston area. up here it would be more like 20k. beside the units there is a lot of things to buy that raise the price from just the units. in that price the contractor gives you guys up here include the electrician. sometimes i wind up having to change the circuit panel and sometimes the whole service itself

good luck
frank

 

[Brian26]

That seems like a reasonable price. I had a heat pump/central air unit installed a few years ago and in my research the warranty is what your paying for. If you don't use a licensed dealer/company there is no warranty for self installs.

I run a business and the overhead on HVAC techs is huge. Think vehicles, insurance, wages, etc. You most likely will get a 5 year or 10 year warranty on the units.

 

[Tegbert]

I had a quote for three daikin ceiling cassettes and two wall mounts in our home for 14k.

Also two other quotes for just three wall mounts from a Lennox and Mitsubishi dealers for around 12,500.

Like what was said you are paying for the possibility of warranty repairs as many manufacturers won’t accept self installs.

You could go a no name brand and install it yourself if capable. I have two neighbors that did that and are very pleased with them. The only issue is warranty work would be on you.


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[moey]

Most your cost is labor. Why not look into some of the ones that operate at lower temps?

 

[fbelec]

having a warranty is a good thing i had a run of a few that were under 3 years old and a lightning storm killed the boards. and the house didn't get a direct hit

 

[moey]

Our geo system was about 20k once you factor in the incentives. If you had a one story house and ductwork would not be to costly something to consider. Some states have lucrative incentives the fed rebate expired though.

 

[trispad]

Thanks for all the input everyone. It does help. The warranty would be 10 year parts and labor. I will look into units that can run a lower temps.

Also shout-out to BBurg!

trispad

 

[jeanw]

H ubby put our two units in himself years ago. Well he ha a little help from my brother. Unfortunately the larger Samsung he used a scaffold to instal cause it way up high over 8 ft. up. We bought it ourselves at how alb etc wholesaler. The second unit over the web a smaller Friedrich unit here in our big bedroom. He has a had a little trouble with it. Not much course it hasn't been used much all these years cause we lived in negatory house for almost 6 yr. He has had more trouble with the remotes mostly cause he didn't put on his "reader" glasses....
I thought sure it 9outside unit0 would have been full of those DANG mud robbers.
Speaking of labor cost etc we paid over &00 for our purgatory home outside propane unit to be serviced. The AH charged $105 for a cheap $30 thermostat. Also the fan was covered with mud(lower exhaust fan) The Ah just ordered a new one. Charged over #00 for that. he told he Ah to leave the old pump fan. I should have walked over there where they were suppose to leave it. If we hadn't been in such a hurry(Hubby doesn't like to drive in the dark)
I meant to check myself and grab the old unit. I would have called the AH and told them to bring me back the old uni. Also if Hubby had stressed that the old 5yr old indoor thermostat was supposedly defective I would have gotten an old Honeywell analog unit. We had such back at first city home then later brother installed a new digital top of line set back unit. I hated it and rebought another round gold Honeywell.
Those Ah told me Honeywell didn't make it anymore. I know they prob was lying. They must have thought I was Edith Bunker.....in other words. I think they should show the reg price an item. instead of just acting like labor charges were not much